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Astronomy's new frontier, part 2

In the second part of this five-part video talk, Editor David J. Eicher focuses on solar system drama: the nature of Pluto, the importance of Mars exploration and the search for water on that world, the origin of the Moon, and the hunt for exoplanets.
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FRANCISCO SILVA from NEVADA said:
The curious part of this is that the Persian mythology, describes something very similar
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ROBERT M POWELL from WISCONSIN said:
Does Boss' estimate impact Drake's equation? (If so, how?)
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